The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-02
WliEELNG WEsTYA. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1887 .
lea are not dangerous. An unknown man
Of forty yoars WIS found In the dsbrle and
was removed to the morgue. 'N M

lea are not dangerous. An unknown maj
Of forty yoars WIS found In the debrle ant
was removed to the morsue. ''1 \
MANY OTHERS INJURED. ~
Besidcs thoee injured In this building
were many persons In the nelQhborhoot
more or less hurt and bruised, for tyins
Bplinters and bricks did not alone destroy
the Newman store. For uoveral blocks or
elther nide OF tho streets the Concussiou
shattered, windows, and In the immediate
vicinity, On the opposite side Of the way
the fronts ol buildings were mashed In by
terrible force, and scarcely q window or
door remains. Walls cracked, floors gave
way and plaster fell in almost every house
within radius Of a hundred yards, and
on the heads Of the sleeping residents fell
with horrible suddenneas Their mad
rushing and flight from they knew no.
what In confusion worso confounded,
added more to their injury. G.SI'
The scene Of terror ou the street waa
Illuminated by the ghaally glare OF con-
|suming flames. and tho flgurcn wildly run.
ming and ges.iculatin2, robed only in
night dresses, vivldly told the dread un.
certainty and fright that had seized the
community. Ths din was enhanced by
the rumble OF ambulances and the thump.
Ing Of fire engines. A little whilo and
human nature asserted itsclf. The organ.
ICED efforts Of the city were Of no avail.
The wagons sent to the scene brought
skilled sttendnpts and many phybiol8us
were on band. As soon as their 6ervlces
could bn used nothing wac spared to re-
love the sufferers, aud as they were re-
moved from the dshris thsy Teso taken
Immediately to tho dispcn6ary. Tho no.
lice soon had control ot tho crowd and
tho vandals had no opportunity to ply
their trade, ss wstchmen were In Rlatter.
Cd buildings before rogues dared to enter.
rhs utelnsh soISet c. the fallen buildings
regardless Of adjacent WallB which lover.
Cd with impending danger. With day.
light cams the word that all the victimf
had pssn senoyed.
THE ylcrl4s.
A corrected list OF the dead and wound
cd by the explosion, iu eight dpsd and three
wounded fatally. Sig others who lived in
the building. reported missing, have beer
found, either unipjursd or slightly burned
Five Of the Newman family are dead
Mamie 10 horribly manglsl and burned
and beyond Sll hopo of recovery. Nellie
!ie1 in q terrible condition, bit may re.
cover. CHARLES n. Deyore and wife and
Mrs. Agues Bsrsely are dead. Miss Hattie
Bryant is badly bruised. There are many
theories to explain the cause OF the eS
ploeion, but noue are satisfactory. a
The mob which nrasa around the sceue
excitedly tstk 81 TAnatchisls sud their
dynamite, but men Of senee disccunten.
ancs this idle prattlo. Ths general belief
Is thct escaping guu hlled the cellar and
that Mr.. Newman kept quantity Of
keroaine oil and gasoline in the cellar,
near where the explosion evidently took
plcVe. Tho yesse!H and tho oil, If there
were any, have heeu destroyed aAl The
only one who knew is deed. The es.
Gaping gas theory ia supported, however,
BY tho store boy, who ssys thnt he was
annoysd during the afternoon yesterday
by a strong smell of gas, sud before shut.
ting up tho ators iof tho night at 7:5O
O'Clock, he wen. through tie building
looking Tor tbs open burner- He did not
Wait the cellar. The tremendous force ol
the ex elosion ia the causo Of the greatest
doubt Of this story.
She taGnSled and burned forms of eight
peraons lis 10 the ruorgue sEa;.ins b,.riel.
The ecens Is horrible, not one but that is
bruised aud black from con!usions aud
isIes, and their bodies are twisted into
sgonizing snayes. neeth came in nearly
every form. Life was either crushod
out, burned, shocked By the explosion
or e.notheScd, Some never sxoke to
suffer, and others lived IN hopes to be
rescued by men whose shouts they heard
above them. Two other forms lie in the
hospital lingering between life aud death.
NELLIE NEwSAN' SAD STORY.
One, Nellio Newman, is able to tslk,
She relates her terrible experience be.
tween pitiful Inquiries for mother and sis.
ter. In broken sentences she said: "We
had been asleep, Mamie md !, in the
front room directly over the store, Moth.
er and father were in the next room With
my little sister, and my brothess were in
the room beyond. The crash woke me-
then the roof fell on mo. was lying on
my right side Mamie wss behind me,
nearer mother'g room. When the rooi
lsll, timbers fell upon me and held me &C
tbs! could not got ogt Of bed. Tho plaa,
tor toll on my face and got Into my eyes
and in my mouth. I could not ees no,
scream: My arms were held down by a
piece Of wood, which lay on Mamie, too
Another big piece wss On my feet, so
could not move. The :house must
have taken FIRE in a few min.
uses attsr the explosion. The firemen
were long time coming and the FIRE got
into the ruins about US. Mamie was
burning, l know, and the fire was getting
very hot about me. could feel the fire
getting nearer and nearer. thouphl
then ! was going to die, when they began
to pour water on the fire. The water was
pouring around US for ths longest time
and We were in danger OF being drowned.
The water made me fsel better, though
until 1t ran into my mouth. 1t felt good
on my eyes. The men came TO take us
out otthe ruin8. I could notsee them, bu,
heard them 'tramping on the broken wood
They took Mamie out first as she was the
worst hurt. The piece Of timber thet lay
on my srm aud shoulder hold me down
The 6remen hsd to chopit away and thai
hurt me, l thought I would be crushed
every time the axe struck the wood
When they had taken Mamie out they
took mo" n I. ',.5. ,Ea.,5. :
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